Bandar Hajjar

His Excellency Dr Bandar M.H. Hajjar became president of the Islamic Development Bank Group in 2016, having served as Saudi Arabia’s minister of Hajj from 2011 to 2016. A former professor of economics, he was a member of the Shura Council in Saudi Arabia for 12 years, representing the Council in the Arab Parliamentary Union and the Inter-Parliamentary Union for two years. He also served as chair of the Coordinating Council for Monitoring Municipal Elections as well as the National Society for Human Rights.